Quaternary Seminar
Instructor:Julie Brigham-Grette
Spring 2010

This is a 1 credit seminar, and involves discussing a single journal paper each week. Majors in any science field are welcome, and no prior knowledge of quaternary studies is required. Meeting time is Wednesday 4:00 to 5:00in the Morrill 225.

To download this week's paper (in PDF format), right-click on the link below, and choose "Save link (or target) as..." and then navigate to the folder you want to save it in.

Paper # 1 for February 3rd - Dave Tracy  Supplement  Astronomical pacing of late Paleocene to early Eocene global warming events, Lourens et al.
No Paper for February 10th - Snow Day
No Paper for February 17th - Snow Day
No Paper for February 24th - Corewall discussion
Paper # 2 for March 3rd - Andy Frass  The Source and fate of massive carbon input during the latest Paleocene Thermal Maximum, Katz et al.
Paper # 3 for March 10th - Kara Jacobacci  Environmental precursors to rapid light carbon injection at the Paleocene/Eocene boundary, Sluijs et al.
No Paper for March 17th - Spring Break
Paper # 4 for March 24th - Lisa Kanner  Multiple early Eocene hyperthermals: Their sedimentary expression on the New Zealand continental margin and in the deep sea, Nicolo et al.
Paper # 5 for March 31st - Sebastian Koenig Supplement  High Earth-system climate sensitivity determined from Pliocene carbon dioxide concentrations, Pagani et al.
April 7th- We will meet to watch Christina Ravelo's 2008 AGU Emiliani Lecture on El Padre' Conditions in Pliocene. Group will self organize and assemble a computer and speakers.  The link to the lecture is http://www.agu.org/webcast/fm08/ , scroll down to her lecture on Dec. 16.
Paper # 6 for April 14th - Chris Lowery  Mid-Pliocene climate change amplified by a switch in Indonesian subsurface throughflow, Karas et al.
No Paper for April 21st - (Monday Schedule)
Paper # 7 for April 28th - Addie Rose Holland Supplement (7 pages)  North Pacific seasonality and the glaciation of North America 2.7 million years ago, Huang et al.
Paper # 8 for May 4th  Greatly Expanded Tropical Warm Pool and Weakened Hadley Circulation, Brierley et al.